Combined framing and handle for toilet articles.



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. R R. DEBAOHER. COMBINED FRAMING AND HANDLE FOR TOILET ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26, 1911.

R. R. DEBAOHER.

COMBINED FRAMING AND HANDLE FOR TOILET ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26, 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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. Application filed October 326, 1911. Serial No. 656,911.

State .of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined framing and handle for toilet articles and .:the like, with the object in view of prov ding a device of this character which is very cheap to manufacture, plied and removed with ease, and which will hold the article to which it is applied with great firmness.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is light and yet strong, and which may be conveniently provided with ornamental features to suit varying tastes of the purchasers.

A further object is to provide certain improvements in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, whereby the above mentioned objects may be effectively carried out.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 represents a face view of a completely assem led device holding a mirror. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a vertical central section of the same, Fig. 4: represents a section taken in the plane of, the line A-A of Fig. 1, looking in 5 represents a section taken in the plane of the line lB-B of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig.

ing detail front view, securing the article on its backing,

modified form of means for holding the, bracing block in position, Fig.8 represents the plane of the linethe direction of a section taken in ;C- C of Fig. 7, looking in the arrows, Fig, 9 represents a detail front view showing a third form'of means for v securing the bracing block in position, Fig. 10 represents a section taken in the planeof the line DD of Fig. 9, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 11 represents a rear elevation showing a modified form of backing, Fig. 12 representsa vertical cen tral section-through the parts shown in Fig.

. Combined Framing and Handle for Toilet Articles, of.

which may be ap-- the direction of the arrows, Fig.

6 represents a detail end view of the handle with the fasten- 1 11, Fig. 13 represents a face view of this form of backing, parts being broken away, and Fig. 14L represents a face view of a modified form of bracing block.

The combined framing and handle is composed of a single piece and comprises a body portion, denoted by. 1 and a handle, denoted by 2. This may be conveniently composed of sheet metal, stamped or otherwise formed in the desired shape; it being shown in the present instance, as adapted for holding a circular mirror.

This combined framing and handle is severed at one point, shown in the present instance as at the end of the handle, so. that the combined framing and handle has free ends which may be spread apart as will hereafter be described, for receiving the article to be held.

The body portion or handle, onev or both, may be grooved, as shown at 3 and 4c in Fig. 3; the groove in the body portion being adapted to receive the article to be held and its backing, while the groove in the handle is' adapted to receive the bracing block and any ornamental piece which it may be desired to insert therein.

The free .ends of the handle 2 are provided with a pair of holes 5 arra-n ed to receive the prongs 6 of a staple for securing the free ends together. These holes are so located with respecttothe size of the staple 7 and the spread of its prongs 6, that the holes 5 will not register with the prongs 6, until the handle is in its closed position with the. free ends thereof together.

The complete device further comprises a bracing block 8, adapted to be positioned at the juncture of the body portion 1 and the handle 2, and arranged to engage both sides of the handle and the proximate portion of the article to be held. This bracing block takes roughly the form of a triangle with a point extending downwardly or .outwardly toward the handle. Consequently,

when the handle is forced together in as-v it .w11lsqueeze this the antidote be held the latter firmly shown in its preferred form in Fig. 1, .and consists of a small through bolt 9, which passes completely through bo h arms of the handle 2, as Well bracing block 8. The article to be held, shown in the present instance as a mirror 10, may be provided with a backing 11, which backing has a series of upwardly extending lugs 12 thereon, for holding the mirror 10 in po-' sition with respect thereto. The backing 11 is shown in the present instance as composed of sheet metal with the lugs 12 struck therefrom. If desired a convenient amount of padding 13 may be inserted between the mirror 10 and the'backing 11.

The modified form of means forsecuring the bracing block 8 in position, which is shown in Figs. 7 and 8, consists of a pair of as the lower end of the tongues 14 extending laterally from each side of the bracing block 8, through slits- 15 in the sides of the handle 2, which tongues 14' are spread and clamped around,

the outside of the handle 2, trated in Figs. 7 and 8.

The modified form of means for securing the bracing block 8 in posit-ion, shown in Figs. 9 and 10, consists of a pair of rivets 16, both ofwhich pass through the bracing block '8, and one of which passes through each side of the handle 2, as clearly illusas clearly illus- 1 trated in Figs. 9 and 10.

Referring to the modified form. shown in Figs. 11 to 14: inclusive, the backing 11 not only fills the body portion 1 of the combined framing and handle, but also continues down so as to fill the handle portion 2, thus leaving the framing completely filled instead of provided with an open handle, as shown in Fig. 1. In this form also, the bracing block 8 continues down so as to fill inthe handle portion 2. The backing 11 has upturned lugs 17 on the part thereof which fills the-handle portion 2, which lugs are designed to hold wadding 18 in position on this portion of the backing, against which waddingthe lowerpart of the bracingblock 8 rests when the entire device is in assembled adjustment.

- The bracing block 8 cooperates with the backing 11 in this modified form, so as to engage the lower edge of the article to be held, and firmly hold it against movement when the parts are assembled, in a manner similar tothe form of bracing block shown in the other figures. In all other respects the form shown in Figs. 11 to 14 inclusive corresponds with the preferred form.

In assembling the toilet-article which utilizes my invention, the combined framing and handle 1, 2, is spread apart at the handle a suflicient distance to receive the article to be held, which may previously have been placed upon its backing with the wadding 'i'ntervening. While the combined framing and handle is still spread apart,

8 is inserted so as to engage a portion of the article tof be held,

framing and handle, the said block of the framing and the and the free ends of the handle forced together so as to'clamp the articleand the bracing block. The means for securing the bracing block inposition may then be ap plied, which means will also hold the free ends of the handle quite close together. Next the free ends of the handle may be forced entirely together and the staple 7 applied by inserting its'prongs in the holes in the ends of the handle. If desired, these prongs may be upset or clamped on the inside of the handle, as is well shown in Fig. 5.

- If desired, an ornamental piece may be inserted in the opening in the handle, and the backing for the article tovbe held may be ornamented in any desired manner.

It is to be noted that this invention pro vides a cheap,

one which does not require special tools to apply and which may be very conveniently simple and effective device v for carrying out the objects intended, and

removed and reapplied in case, for any reason, it is desired to change or replace the article which is being held.

It is evident that various changes might be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth. It will further be understood that the invention is not limited to toilet articles only, but any articles of similar character, such, for instance, as magnifying or reading glasses.

' What I claim is:

1. A combined removable framing handle for toilet articles consisting of a single piece of spring material formed to engage the edge of an article and having free ends whereby the said device may be spread open for receiving the about the same, a bracing block located between the handle portions of the framing atthe juncture of the body portion of the wedge shaped so that it will be forced inwardly as the combined framing and handle is closed, thus cramping the article in place, means for securing the block in its crampmg position and independent means for securing the combined framingand handle in closedposition.

2. A combined removable framing and handle for toilet articles consisting of a single piece of spring material formed to engage the edge of an article and having free ends whereby the said device may be spread open for receiving the article and.

closed about'the article, a bracing block located between the handle portions of the framing at the juncture of the body portion handle and movable toward and away from held, the said block being grooved to en may also be applied to j article and then closed being the article to be gage both the front and the back of the article and tapered so that the closing of the combined framing and handle will cramp it against the article and a single means for securing the block in its cramping position and for holding the combined framing and handle in its closed position.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing ROBERT R. DEBACI-ER.

Witnesses:

.F. Gnome BARRY,

HENRY C. THIEME. 

